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lisa sylvester joins us. >> 88 dead from sandy. but behind each one of those numbers is someone's story. someone who lost their life that day and they ranged in ages from 2 years old to 90 years old. matthew's pastor says the 8-year-old was going as ironman for halloween. but matthew never got that chance. he died monday outside his home. matthew ran out to check on calves the fanlally was raising on their farm when a tree limb fell on him. the family's pastor. >> it wasn't even raining and he had just run out and i saw the tree, it was only the part of the tree that fell was maybe eight inches in diameter. >> reporter: matthew wrote this note two weeks ago to pastor bob. thank you for being a pastor. you are very nice to me and ryan. then matthew asked if the pastor's son, ryan, could come over to play. the two were good buddies. how did your son take the news because you had to tell him, right? >> yeah. i was on the phone and my wife almost fell. she told him and later that night as i tucked ryan in bed, he asked me, did matthew,
lisa sylvester joins us. >> 88 dead from sandy. but behind each one of those numbers is someone's story. someone who lost their life that day and they ranged in ages from 2 years old to 90 years old. matthew's pastor says the 8-year-old was going as ironman for halloween. but matthew never got that chance. he died monday outside his home. matthew ran out to check on calves the fanlally was raising on their farm when a tree limb fell on him. the family's pastor. >> it wasn't even...
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sandy's storm surge devoured home after home. >> where are you living now? >> i'm at a friends house. i have been like a nomad, here, there, whoever has room, cousins, stuff like that. >> best case scenario, he will be without a home for a year. and he's not alone. >> we have families out for a long rebuilding process, where homes have been completely destroyed. and our experience is that a small group, but some families, it will take years. >> overseeing the rebuilding is part of a new roll for shawn donovan. the president tapped him to work with officials to oversee recovery efforts. >> the president made absolutely clear that our job, first and foremost, is to make sure that we cut every piece of red tape, slash every regulation that we need to to make sure that help is on the way as quickly as possible. >> donovan's new roll will look at long term plans to rebuild. that includes a massive transportation system with lessons learned from the devastating storm that crippled new york and new jersey. new york's governor alone requested $30 billion in aide. >>
sandy's storm surge devoured home after home. >> where are you living now? >> i'm at a friends house. i have been like a nomad, here, there, whoever has room, cousins, stuff like that. >> best case scenario, he will be without a home for a year. and he's not alone. >> we have families out for a long rebuilding process, where homes have been completely destroyed. and our experience is that a small group, but some families, it will take years. >> overseeing the...
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we had all that cooperation after sandy. you love that? we have all the cooperation from the community college, you like that? that's the way you create jobs. you look all over america. the places that are doing well have government and business and foundations and universities and colleges working together. what is obama's plan? invest into new technologies that we know are going to grow and information technology and biotechnology, in clean energy, in modern manufacturing, in modern agriculture. and train and educate people to do that. he has invested in preschool, in the race to the top, and the finest student reform in my lifetime. now, next year, if the president is reelected, here's what's going to happen for everybody. you can say "win" when you make it happen. because i want you to know what's at stake here. the good news is we still ranked near the top in the world in the percentage of our young people going on to college. the bad news in the last decade is we dropped to 15th in the percentage of our young adults with four-year de
we had all that cooperation after sandy. you love that? we have all the cooperation from the community college, you like that? that's the way you create jobs. you look all over america. the places that are doing well have government and business and foundations and universities and colleges working together. what is obama's plan? invest into new technologies that we know are going to grow and information technology and biotechnology, in clean energy, in modern manufacturing, in modern...
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with sandy's storm clouds gathering, sue evacuated. but over her objections, her husband bill stayed behind. it was traumatizing. >> we road out the storm until friday morning. friday morning i said i couldn't take anymore because they turned the gas off. when they turned the gas off, that was the end for me. i told my wife i would walk across the bridge if i had to. but i was getting off. >> reporter: armed with a police pass, the retired fire chief marry today wife sue for 23 years joined other residents back on pelican island for a few hours to take stock of the devastation. what a sight, huh? >> yeah. look. they broke in. just everything's just broken down. >> that's my boat. >> reporter: ripped from a lift behind the house, the storm surge swept his boat into the street. inside the house the couple gets a look at breathtaking damage. sue for the very first time. >> oh, my god. >> this house was spotless. >> reporter: marks on the ceiling show how high waves got inside. >> when the water was up over my knees, i thought i might be a
with sandy's storm clouds gathering, sue evacuated. but over her objections, her husband bill stayed behind. it was traumatizing. >> we road out the storm until friday morning. friday morning i said i couldn't take anymore because they turned the gas off. when they turned the gas off, that was the end for me. i told my wife i would walk across the bridge if i had to. but i was getting off. >> reporter: armed with a police pass, the retired fire chief marry today wife sue for 23...